Quarantine of the Day
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- PhanLo1
Was on my first proper jobsite this week since lockdown started, painting an outdoor courtyard with a mate, it's an outdoor space for new students starting next week in town.
Some joiners built the space before us and there was some crossover, but the space is pretty open and mostly empty.It's been interesting coming into the city centre everyday, getting to see how different businesses are dealing with mask wearing, some places don't care, 2 of the little cafes we went for lunch didn't seem to be bothered. Tescos had clear signage and required masks, but mostly it's all over the place.
Driving back tonight I saw a nightclub with freshers outside, the club looked full, it's a basement one with low ceilings, the kind you end up in when completely hammered and catch the flu at the best of times. I think it's maybe classed as a bar so that's how they get round it being open.
Was good to be out working properly, physically painting, it almost felt normal, though the company I used to get 90% of my work from went into liquidation last week nationwide, being an events company they just couldn't see a return for a long time and the warehouses were sitting unused for months.
Walking around town it looks like a lot of bars won't open their doors again, some shops look like they'd never opened at all in 6 months. If there's another lockdown more will go too.
Will grab proper photos of the space tomorrow.
- fooler2
My wife and I and our 2 sons have been limiting our time outside in public for months because of COVID but now we can't even go outside and play in our backyard because we are surrounded by wild fires. We now have the worst air quality in the world!
I guess we should be thankfully that we live about 10 miles from the evacuation lines and still have our house and lives but we're going stir crazy!
I just went to get some supplies at the store and my eyes are burning from the 15 minute trip. This entire town is like the smoky side of a camp fire.- different disasters my man, this is not covid related...grafician
- oh wait, you live in the US, in California? Wow...my badgrafician
- and yes, I accept being bad here, the quality of my air rn is dictated by the guys outside fixing the boulevard before elections...grafician
- but good luck mate, stay safe!grafician
- jfc, I can't even imagine. As a new father myself I empathize, if it's not one life threatening thing it's another. Best of luck & hang in therewhatthefunk
- We're in Oregon. We were quarantining from COVID but now we're quarantining from the smoke. Its been 5 days and its still to smoky to go outside.fooler
- PhanLo1
- First when I scrolled down I thought it was a gunsight. Now I'm wondering whether it's some deeply bleak portrayal of abuse in a domestic lock-down environmentNairn
- I though that too on the gun sight too, but he actually makes quite sweet images https://tony-mitchel…PhanLo
- PhanLo0
Anyone panic buying bog roll again?
- The only thing I overbought was salt, rice and water purification tabletsGnash
- At one point the only bags of flour we could buy were giant sacks, so far even with lots of cake baking we still have some.PhanLo
- jizz creamutopian
- Everything is readily available here in so calscarabin
- Paper mache some shitnb
- I bought a machetesausages
- Most folk are as soft as shite. My plan is to nick their stuff when SHTF.Phrenological
- mg330
I'm working in downtown Chicago with a few coworkers in a co-working space for the first time since early March, just for a few days this week to work on a project.
It was weird to wake up each day and think about what I wanted to wear. What I noticed as well that is so strange is that ordinarily this time of year, it's getting cooler and I want new fall clothes. I walked into a Madewell shop, and it was just weird... in normal times I would have picked up a few things I liked, but yesterday it was just like "who cares!" There's nothing I need, and working from home I'm probably only wearing 1/10th of my existing wardrobe.
Have any of you scaled way back on buying clothes because it just doesn't matter? I feel bad for good retailers and especially smaller businesses and American-made clothing makers. I typically put decent thought into what I wear and what I buy, but this pandemic is putting me right in that place where it seems so unnecessary to buy any new clothes. I'd rather spend the money on software, plugins for Logic Pro, printing art to hang in my basement, etc.
- it's been good to get the wooly jumpers back on but I'm waiting til civilisation collapses next year to rob some outdoors shops.PhanLo
- I haven't bought a stitch of clothing since April. Maybe a few cool masks and a trucker hat but thats it. I would have normally bought some nice flannelsfooler
- some nice jeans and some new boots. Now i'm fine with all my old clothes and wonder why I was trying to look so cool ( or what I thought my version of cool is)fooler
- I just started wearing jeans again after months of wearing shorts everyday. I have a bunch of raw thick expensive denim I would wear everyday to work.fooler
- now they seem so uncomfortable and constricting to wear around the house. Im more comfortable in my old beat up jeans than my "dress up" jeans.fooler
- I’ve worn pants maybe two days out of the last month. I work from home, thoughscarabin
- I still buy clothes like it's going out of fashionAQUTE
- SteveJobs4
- Popcorn is $900 a bucket.PhanLo
- ^ lolGnash
- haha phanloNairn
- @PhanLo lol. that was good.dibec
- Near me AMC had 14 seat theaters. Even at full price they were only getting $280 max before.monospaced
- With distancing they would have a lot less. This most likely is all they’ve got.monospaced
- Krassy18
- akiersky0
- i like working from home, i feel like iam semi-retiredBennn
- everybody is "here" living in the moment. It's very zen. LolKrassy
- https://pbs.twimg.co…Bluejam
- nb3
When I finish my work day (WFH) my family treats me like I’ve been just been on a big break for 9 hours. Like I should be very rested and excited to see them because I’ve just been at my desk all day while they have been in the next room.
Meanwhile, I’ve had to work late some days and they act like it must be so hard on me to work a couple extra hours. But we’re not doing anything interesting in the evening anyway. It’s like “oh you want to pick another movie or show that I won’t even like? Great! Or perhaps we can all sit around and discuss what we all read on the internet today.”
I shouldn’t complain. Things could be so much worse.
- Haha.monospaced
- Work until 6 or so. Put kids to bed. Cook / eat / clear up from 8-9. Sit down at 9:15 to have an hour or so of my own time. SUCKS.DaveO
- Hayoth-5
ANTI QBN COMMUNIST/FASCIST DEFIES THE LOCKDOWN POLICE and utopians mom for his right to make a living.
- What in God's fucking name are you babbling about now?face_melter
- Warmington is an absolute fucktard.i_monk
- PhanLo1
Had a wander round the city centre tonight, usually this area would be full of folk drinking themselves into madness, at one of the endless amounts of pubs and clubs.
From about 10pm onwards it was almost completely empty, apart from a few homeless people, taxis and the occasional Deliveroo driver. It felt like being on an abandoned film set.
Spoke to a woman who was also wandering around that thought I was a tourist, she was out to see the city empty too.
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- Krassy3
- Waaassssssssuuuuuupnb
- waste of good fridge spacehans_glib
- that's a lot of pre urinewhatthefunk
- King of Piss®utopian
- 1st day of quarantaine...6 to gouan
- it was an interesting morningsted
- If you ever see me drinking a Bud Light, I've been kidnapped and I'm trying to signal for help.fooler
- Pesticide USA beersshapesalad
- mickeys ftwwagshaft
- you have plenty of water.dbloc
- grossMilan
- H20 + CoronaKrassy
- Lol @ dblocGnash
- balanced dietautoflavour
- ugghhhpango
- that is a lot of.....bad beer
(ok I do like Corona)dkoblesky - lol foolerNairn
- Everyone knows if you can pack them away you don't by the good stuff.eryx
- Bennn10
This is me but iam not fat yet. i feel iam on my computer 15 hours/day... i dont move much wich is not a good thing at all. Winter has started and its very tough to get motivated to go outside with the cold. and i work from home so i dont even have to walk anywhere. I need to fix this- Resistance band and you're sorted.shapesalad
- Walk somewherenb
- Turn off computer after work. Try books, painting, piano, anything that does not involve a screen of any kind. Boom, first world problem solved.nb
- Bingo bangonb
- too much time spent tracking Bitcoin online :)Krassy
- Go for 3 walks a day: before work, lunchtime and after work. Level 2: run instead of walk. I've been doing this since march. Have run 2500km since then.BaskerviIle
- + podcasts to keep you company during your walksBaskerviIle
- Thanks for the motivation! I'll do after the Holidays, Jan 3 is back to normalBennn
- Bennn that's you looking at Bitcoin all day.NBQ00
- it's always cold at the start but once you start moving you'll warm up. I ride my indoor bike during my lunch breaks every other day on Zwift.dorf
- Last year I was walking 10-15 km a day. I'd pick out an interesting destination in the area, walk and do photography. I've fallen off this year since I'myuekit
- stuck in a hot country but I think it becomes much easier if you can work exercise into something productive instead of just running like a hamster at the gym.yuekit
- get a dog, asap.sted
- You're a very silent guy, I feel the fatness coming to you soon.********
- Walking 10-15km a day! WowBennn
- sounds a lot but if you have a dog its easy :)sted
